Title — 1917 Code of Canon Law
Title II: Of Confirmation
Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.
The Sacrament of confirmation must be conferred through the imposition of the hand with anointing of chrism on the forehead and through the words prescribed in the pontifical books approved by the Church.
Sacramentum confirmationis conferri debet per manus impositionem cum unctione chrismatis in fronte et per verba in pontificalibus libris ab Ecclesia probatis praescripta.
1983 Code correlation: can. 880
§ 1. The chrism to be used in the Sacrament of confirmation must be consecrated by a Bishop, even if the sacrament is administered by a presbyter by law or by apostolic indult.
§ 2. The anointing, moreover, is not to be done by some instrument, but by the minister's own hand duly imposed upon the head of the one to be confirmed.
§ 1. Chrisma, in sacramento confirmationis adhibendum, debet esse ab Episcopo consecratum, etiamsi sacramentum a presbytero, ex iure vel ex apostolico indulto, ministretur.
§ 2. Unctio autem ne fiat aliquo instrumento, sed ipsa ministri manu capiti confirmandi rite imposita.
1983 Code correlation: can. 880
Within this title
- Chapter I: Of the Minister of Confirmationcann. 782–785
- Chapter II: Of the Subject of Confirmationcann. 786–789
- Chapter III: Of the Time and Place of Conferring Confirmationcann. 790–792
- Chapter IV: Of Sponsorscann. 793–797
- Chapter V: Of the Notation and Proof of Confirmation Conferredcann. 798–800